King of Creation
Chapter 1836

Price of Retaining a Patron

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"The Minister of Rites of the Marquisate of Haiyuan took two concubines into his household during the eighty-one-day period of national mourning for the former Marquis Haiyuan, Guo Guangchang, when the Marquisate of Haiyuan was being established by imperial decree. Heh..." Ye Zhen let out a cold laugh as he casually flipped to a secret-file record.

"Come on. Marquis Guo will not punish this man for his great disrespect toward the former Marquis Haiyuan, Guo Guangchang, so the Heavenly Patrol Division will punish him for it."

Having settled on his first target, Ye Zhen led a large force straight toward the residence of the Marquisate of Haiyuan's Minister of Rites shortly after nightfall.

A pack of wolf-like Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters charged in. The guards at the Minister of Rites' residence initially tried to resist, but the moment the Heavenly Patrol Division's token was displayed, any guard who was not utterly thickheaded immediately dared not resist further.

At first, the Marquisate of Haiyuan's Minister of Rites argued vehemently in his own defense. But Liu Feng followed the clues and found the two concubines who had been brought into the Minister of Rites' residence during the period of national mourning.

The Minister of Rites' face turned as pale as paper.

The instant the Minister of Rites was arrested, Liu Feng received a Talisman Signal casually sent by Ye Zhen.

"Four years ago, the Minister of Justice of the Marquisate of Haiyuan accepted an enormous bribe of five hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones. He subsequently ruled that the Li family, involved in a mining dispute, had to bankrupt themselves to compensate the Wang family for its mining losses, resulting in the Li family's ruin and deaths.

"Arrange for someone to impersonate the aggrieved party from the Li family and write a complaint.

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